The new television of Doctor Who has met with success both in the UK and here in America. Could the good Doctor be headed for a feature film next? That’s the question The Guardian posed to BBC muckity muck Jane Tranter. And his answer was not no.

His answer was not yes either, though Doctor Who fans seem to be jumping on his non-denial as some sort of admission that something is in the works. What Tranter said was this: “I would not rule out a film version of Doctor Who, no.” Heady stuff.

I’ve never understood the geek subculture’s obsession with Doctor Who. The television shows, in all their incarnations, have been shoddily produced and completely unwatchable. That goes double for the new one currently airing on the Sci-Fi Channel here in America, whenever they don’t have something better to show. The series movies weren’t much better, and while the idea of watching some alien time lord leap through space and time sounds interesting on paper for me it’s never worked, no matter what they do with it. I doubt there’s a wide audience anywhere for Doctor Who, and that makes the possibility of a movie doubtful. But no, I won’t rule it out.

Other things I won’t rule out include: Alien invasion, a Britney Spears comeback, and OJ’s innocence (the second time, come on he killed her).